矿山的关闭是这个镇衰落的唯一最重要的因素。
The closure of the mine was the single most important factor in the town's decline.
图书馆是对未来的一种投资，不应该让图书馆衰落。
Libraries are an investment for the future and they should not be allowed to fall into decline.
大型购物中心和大超市数量激增，而许多比较老式的城市购物区则衰落了。
Malls and big-box stores have proliferated, while many older urban shopping districts have declined.
美国印第安语言的衰落有其历史根源。
The decline in American Indian languages has historical roots.
边界粘土层被科学家用来确定一个灭绝物种衰落的速度。
Boundary clay layers are used by scientists to determine the rate at which an extinct species declined.
这种衰落可以从影响威尼斯航运和贸易的变化中清楚地看到。
This decline can be seen clearly in the changes that affected Venetian shipping and trade.
应对自动化的挑战凸显出美国重振其日渐衰落的商业活力的必要性。
The challenge of coping with automation underlines the need for the U.S. to revive its fading business dynamism.
我们正目睹像海藻丛林，海洋生物群落，珊瑚礁等主要生态系统的衰落。
We are seeing a decline in major ecosystems like kelp forests, sea life communities, coral reefs and so on.
事实上，甚至在2008年粮食价格急剧攀升之前，衰落的国家数量就已经在扩大。
Indeed, even before the steep climb in grain prices in 2008, the number of failing states was expanding.
指责教育宽松的20世纪60年代并不是什么新鲜事，但这次并不又是针对教育衰落的批评。
Blaming the permissive 1960s is nothing new, but this is not yet another criticism against the decline in education.
应对自动化的挑战凸显出美国重振其日渐衰落的商业活力的必要性：必须让新公司的创办变得更容易。
The challenge of coping with automation underlines the need for the U.S. to revive its fading business dynamism: Starting new companies must be made easier.
拒绝在质量上妥协的初级保健医生要么被赶出这个行业，要么只能接受现金，这进一步加剧了初级保健的衰落。
Primary care physicians who refuse to compromise quality are either driven out of business or to cash-only practices, further contributing to the decline of primary care.
威尼斯的航运业从1530年左右荷兰和英国船只大量进入地中海之前开始衰落，到16世纪末已经明显落后了。
Venetian shipping had started to decline from about 1530—before the entry into the Mediterranean of large volumes of Dutch and British shipping—and was clearly outclassed by the end of the century.
我们之前提到了世界各地热带地区中珊瑚礁的衰落，即自然和人为（造成的）压力是怎样造成珊瑚礁退化，或者甚至在某些情况下，造成它们死亡的。
We've been talking about the decline of coral reefs in tropical areas all over the world—how natural and man-made stresses are causing them to degrade or in some cases, to die.
所有处在上升阶段的事物都会有衰落的时候。
这些人将一些衰落的娱乐表演，变成了最高水平的表演艺术。
These guys took some run-down entertainment, and put it to the highest possible level of performance art.
一个帝国衰落的时候看起来就是这样。
19世纪和工业化见证了欧洲丝绸工业的衰落。
The nineteenth century and industrialisation saw the downfall of the European silk industry.
像《旧金山纪事报》这样的报纸也在见证自己的衰落。
Newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle were chronicling their own doom.
公园跑取得了成效，伦敦奥运会的“遗产”却在衰落。
Parkrun is succeeding where London's Olympic "legacy" is failing.
外卖服务的兴起在一定程度上导致了方便面行业的衰落。
The rise of food delivery has also played a role in the declining fortunes of the instant noodle industry.
激励在一个成长中的组织工作的员工要比激励在一个衰落中的组织工作的员工容易得多。
It is a great deal easier to motivate employees in a growing organisation than a declining one.
因为这个原因，这家公司一直难以从因为金融危机而衰落的竞争对手那里抢购保险资产。
For this reason, the firm could have difficulty snapping up insurance assets of rivals worsted by the crisis.
这曾被认为是衰落的开始，现在看来却是一个潜在的转折点——最能被充分利用的转折点。
What could have been considered the beginning of a descent is now a potential turning point—the turning point you are most equipped to take full advantage of.
20世纪，国际安全的主要威胁是超级大国之间的冲突，而如今的主要威胁是国家的衰落。
In the 20th century the main threat to international security was superpower conflict; today it is failing states.
公立高中的传统职业培训正在逐渐衰落，导致数以千计的年轻人没有上大学就去寻求工艺培训。
Traditional vocational training in public high schools is gradually declining, stranding thousands of young people who seek training for a craft without going to college.
当国家政府再也无法提供个人安全、粮食保障以及教育和医疗等基本社会服务时，国家就会衰落。
States fail when national governments can no longer provide personal security, food security and basic social services such as education and health care.
这些学科正在衰落：现在22%的美国大学毕业生主修商科，相比之下，主修历史的只有2%，主修英语的只有4%。
These are disciplines that are going out of style: 22% of American college graduates now major in business compared with only 2% in history and 4% in English.
无论如何，大众市场的平装书已经衰落多年，且可能会消失，就像神秘小说、惊悚小说、“浪漫小说”等的精装书一样。
Mass market paperbacks, which have been declining for years anyway, will probably disappear, as will hardbacks for mysteries, thrillers, "romance fiction," etc.
欧洲要么改变自身，要么走向衰落。
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